Shamim Tayefeh

• supervising the chemistry and immunology department to make sure all the QC and patient results are running ok,do adjustments on QC if they need it.
• Working on the CAP Corrective action plans, accession, process and submit the CAP and reviewing the results, talking to the Nurses answering questions regarding whatever concern they have, working on procedures and SOP’s, working with QA on the CAP inspection Checklist and Citations, Validating New Assays, Reviewing the QC monthly and compare it with peer Group, Purchasing and ordering and checking the inventory Talk to the vendor for the Bringing new assay and technology, Doing inventory, Troubleshooting the instrument to fix it faster and preventing delay in patient result, Signing off on temperatures and Maintenance, working on API proficiency testing, work with new hire to do all the training and competencies and sign them of for Bench, putting new ranges of QC and a parallel testing

• Working on different department such as chemistry, immunology and hematology /coagulation, Performing Qc review and helping supervisor to Adjust the ranges, setup new QC un the instrument and Epic, In charge of checking temperature and QC, water filter log and maintenance log and monitor water contamination, Performing Linearity, cut of verification and correlation, In charge of ordering reagent and consumable, Accessioning CAP sample, running and submitting result, Submitting monthly QC to Bio-Rad, In charge of in Validation new assay. checking on water contamination biannually.

• CLS at Covid, Environmental and Tox Department, Supervisor at Sample processing Department, Running Atomic Absorption on PerkinElmer-AS9000 and ICPMS-7800 instruments, Running and releasing results for Covid samples on Quant Studio, Running Helena for ZPP, Running and Releasing Results for TDM Samples on Olympus AU 400

• Completed quality assurance reviews to assess accuracy of data and validate results.
• Running Quant studio for PCR testing.
• reporting almost 2000 patient result daily.
• working with supervisor to validate the microchip

• Performed and documented preventive maintenance and quality control practices, noting best corrective action to remediate issues, In charge of purchasing consumable and reagents, Verified report accuracy by assessing statistics, specimen identification and critical values, Contributed to lab team and individual competency assessment toward maintaining efficiency in environment, Conducted testing based on process guidelines, improving experiment efficiency, Monitored proficiency testing within laboratory environment, handling necessary corrective action, Collaborated with laboratory staff to ascertain group needs and improve test accuracy, Reviewed patient data, prepared data reports and signed off on release of information requests, Maintained physical lab equipment, detecting malfunctions and troubleshooting to ensure optimum service, Developed 7 covid lab in 7 states including Setup the Instrument (Quant Studio) and test validation and rep

Laboratory Manager and CLS and Lab Tech | Van Nuys, CA 08/2015 to 12/2020 Established and managed quality control program covering all laboratory activities. Maintained compliance with all laboratory, company and legal regulations. Followed laboratory guidelines for handling biological specimens. Maintained clean and fully operational laboratory equipment. Recorded control values from technical instruments to maintain reliability and validity of test results. Conducted quality control checks, calibration and technical troubleshooting of hematology analyzer. Managed departmental inventory and supply ordering. Reviewed patient data, prepared data reports and signed off on release of information requests. Managed supply purchasing, restocking and inventory tracking as part of yearly budget. Maintained detailed records and completed regular reports for operations, accounting and human resources needs. Oversaw subject preparation for experiments and maintained strict safety standards. Conferred with scientists regularly to understand and meet specific needs. Prepared, processed and analyzed lab samples. Managed equipment, building areas and inventory to keep facility running at peak levels